PBI collecting trip to the Russian Far East August 01 – 21, 2006
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PBI collecting trip to the Russian Far East
August 01 – 21, 2006
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The Far Eastern fauna encompasses a greater species-level diversity of Miridae than any other Russian region
Russian Far East
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The collectors of the field trip at the Lazo Nature Reserve (from left to right): Post –Doc Fedor Konstantinov, Alexey Solovyev, and Anna Namyatova (St. Petersburg State University)
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We mainly concentrated on the Lazo Nature Reserve in the vicinity of Kievka and Koreyskaya Pad’ on the East, the Gornotaezhnoe Field Station on the North, Vostok and Andreevka Bays on the South.
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We collected in Lazo Nature Reserve because little has been collected from there and the biota of the eastern slopes of the Sikhote-Alin’ Mountains is known to be highly diverse
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Alex and Anna crossing the creek…
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Anna investigating feeding habits of Halticus bicoloratus Kulik
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Gornotaezhnoe Field Station was chosen first of all for sampling of coniferous forests
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Fedor and Anna collecting at light in Gornotaezhnoe
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Faunas of the Vostok Bay and Andreevka Bay were sampled because they are enriched by the introduction of subtropical species from China, Korea and Japan
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Fedor collecting mirids from Artemisia spp near Vostok Bay
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Tilia mandshurica documented as host for peculiar eccritotarsine Sinevia tricolor Kerzhner
Numerous specimens of Kasumiphylus kyushuensis (Linnavuori) were taken from Pinus sibirica
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A variety of mirids, including two species of Europiella, were collected from Artemisia gmelinii
Pilophorus choii Josifov was collected from Ulmus spp
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Some pentatomids…
Urochela flavoannulata Stal Acrocorisellus serraticollis Jak.
Pentatoma semiannulata Motsch.
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… and other creatures we saw on the way
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Trip Results:Trip Results:
~5,000 plant bugs collected
~70 host plants documented